Reichenau No. 2
Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of font and cover in context
![one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230813022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of font and cover in context
![one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230813021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of font and cover in context
![one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230813020_compressed.png)
Scene Description: one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of basin and cover - upper view
![one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1230813023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: one of the two fonts in this church [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
view of church interior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 10 January 2023 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 August 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24897REI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Katholische Pfarrkirche Münster St. Maria und Markus [formerly Abteikirche Benediktiner-Klosterkirche]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Mark
Church Notes: ca. 724 wooden church; Carolingian basilica consecrated 816; expanded ca. 830; modified many times since; now a parish church
Church Address: Münsterpl. 4, 78479 Reichenau, Germany -- Tel.: +49 7534 995060
Site Location: Konstaz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe
Directions to Site: The Island of Reichenau is in Lake Constance, between Radolfzell and the nearby town of Constance/Konstanz; the former abbey is on the island
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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There seems to be no available/accessible information about the earlier font(s) of the medieval [724 AD+] church(es) here. We have photographic evidence of two fonts currently [January 2023] in this church, but both of them appear relatively modern [cf. ImagesArea].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and modern fonts
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 504692 5282836
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.69889, 9.06253
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 41′ 56″ N, 9° 3′ 45.11″ E